The Traveling Travel Agent

On June 18, 2010, Florida Championship Wrestling came to Fort Myers, Florida. It has been over 20 years since I have seen wrestling outside of the WWE. Sebring, Frostproof, and Immokalee used to host NWA wrestling with the likes of Rick Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and Barry Windham. Other cities hosted as well, these were the ones that were close to me. I was impressed with some and not so impressed with others. The tag team matches were a little more fun to watch. I was up close and personal with the wrestlers and realized how amazingly fake it was. Yes, of course, they get hurt from time to time, but from my perspective, the only way I saw anyone get hurt is from being slammed on the mat. I’m sure the ropes hurt as well, but beyond that….ugh. NXT rookies were wrestling such as Jerry Brisco’s son Jerry and Richie and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. Ricky Steamboat was one of my favorite wrestlers as a kid, but as I walked by him while he was sitting at this table, he kinda ignored me. That’s ok because Kelly Kelly was at the next table. I did get a few photos and will post them soon. I was by myself so it felt kind of awkward. I don’t think I will be going alone to one of these again unless it is WWE Raw or Smackdown. I did enjoy it and the audience was quite small. Now, I am in the quest for guest hosting raw. Mr. McMahon? You still have yet to have a guest host from off the street. I would love to do it.